| Structural highlights
Function
NICA2_PSEP6 Involved in nicotine degradation (PubMed:24204321, PubMed:26237398, PubMed:29812904, PubMed:33432238). Catalyzes the conversion of nicotine to N-methylmyosmine (PubMed:24204321, PubMed:29812904, PubMed:33432238, PubMed:33464876). N-methylmyosmine undergoes spontaneous hydrolysis to form pseudooxynicotine (PN) (PubMed:24204321). S-nicotine is the optimal substrate (PubMed:29812904). Has lower activity with some nicotine analogs, but shows no activity towards neurotransmitters, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, nicotine metabolites and common neuroactive drugs (PubMed:29812904). The enzyme is stereospecific with poor activity with (R)-nicotine as the substrate (PubMed:29812904). The c-type cytochrome protein CycN is the physiological electron acceptor (PubMed:33432238). O(2) is a poor electron acceptor (PubMed:33432238, PubMed:33464876).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
References
- ↑ Tang H, Wang L, Wang W, Yu H, Zhang K, Yao Y, Xu P. Systematic unraveling of the unsolved pathway of nicotine degradation in Pseudomonas. PLoS Genet. 2013 Oct;9(10):e1003923. PMID:24204321 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003923
- ↑ Xue S, Schlosburg JE, Janda KD. A New Strategy for Smoking Cessation: Characterization of a Bacterial Enzyme for the Degradation of Nicotine. J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Aug 19;137(32):10136-9. PMID:26237398 doi:10.1021/jacs.5b06605
- ↑ Tararina MA, Xue S, Smith LC, Muellers SN, Miranda PO, Janda KD, Allen KN. Crystallography Coupled with Kinetic Analysis Provides Mechanistic Underpinnings of a Nicotine-Degrading Enzyme. Biochemistry. 2018 Jul 3;57(26):3741-3751. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00384. Epub, 2018 Jun 13. PMID:29812904 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00384
- ↑ Dulchavsky M, Clark CT, Bardwell JCA, Stull F. A cytochrome c is the natural electron acceptor for nicotine oxidoreductase. Nat Chem Biol. 2021 Mar;17(3):344-350. PMID:33432238 doi:10.1038/s41589-020-00712-3
- ↑ Tararina MA, Dam KK, Dhingra M, Janda KD, Palfey BA, Allen KN. Fast Kinetics Reveals Rate-Limiting Oxidation and the Role of the Aromatic Cage in the Mechanism of the Nicotine-Degrading Enzyme NicA2. Biochemistry. 2021 Feb 2;60(4):259-273. PMID:33464876 doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00855
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